Paul Ryan's tweet

Saumya Narechania, OFA2018-02-05 14:54:45

Friend --
On Saturday afternoon, Paul Ryan tweeted -- then
quickly deleted --- this:
"A secretary at a public high school in Lancaster, PA,
said she was recently surprised her pay went up $1.50
a week ... she said that will more than cover her
Costco membership for the year."
One dollar and fifty cents a week. $78 per year.
This is the generous middle-class "help" that Paul Ryan
and conservative leaders believe is worth bragging about.
Every dollar in the pockets of middle-class families is
valuable. But it's unacceptable that Congressional
leaders expect average workers to be thrilled with an
additional $6 per month, while America's richest people
and businesses rake in billions in tax cuts.
This tweet isn't an accident or a PR slip-up.
This is what Paul Ryan and his friends believe progress
looks like. It's time to hold every single person in Congress
who voted for this tax scam accountable in 2018:
my.ofa.us/Hold-Congress-Accountable-In-2018
We need living wages for working families. But there are so
many more effective ways to deliver for the middle class than
what this Congress has given them.
This bill costs us $1.5 trillion and causes 13 million to lose
health care. Yet Paul Ryan believes and continues to tell us
it was a great deal. It was only a great deal for his billionaire
friends and corporate executives.
The middle class deserves better.
They deserve a plan that gives them the largest share of tax
relief, instead of millionaires who don't need it. They deserve
a plan that makes their tax cuts permanent, instead of
corporations who certainly don't need handouts.
And they deserve representatives who know what real
progress looks like.
Here's what we've gotten: A Speaker of the House who is so
out-of-touch with most Americans that he sees $1.50 as
something to brag about -- only to delete it, minutes later, when
our pressure shows him just how clueless he really is.
We need to keep up that pressure: online, on the phone, and
in-person. We need Congressional leaders to know that this
tax scam isn't good for the middle class, and no amount of spin
will change that.
Help hold them accountable today:
my.ofa.us/Hold-Congress-Accountable-In-2018
Thank you,
Saumya
Saumya Narechania
Political Director
Organizing for Action

This tax scam isn't good for the middle-class - and we won't stop speaking up until everyone knows it.

This is the generous middle-class "help" that Paul Ryan and conservative leaders believe is worth bragging about.

Every dollar in the pockets of middle-class families is valuable. But it's unacceptable that congressional leaders expect average workers to be thrilled with an additional $6 per month, while America's richest people and businesses rake in billions.

We need living wages for working families. But there are so many more effective ways to deliver for the middle class than what this Congress has given them.

This bill costs us $1.5 trillion and causes 13 million to lose health care. Yet Paul Ryan believes and continues to tell us it was a great deal. It was only a great deal for his billionaire friends and corporate executives.

The middle class deserves better.

They deserve a plan that gives them the largest share of tax relief, instead of millionaires who don't need it. They deserve a plan that makes their tax cuts permanent, instead of corporations who certainly don't need handouts.

And they deserve representatives who know what real progress looks like.

Here's what we've gotten: A Speaker of the House who is so out-of-touch with most Americans that he sees $1.50 as something to brag about -- only to delete it, minutes later, when our pressure shows him just how clueless he really is.

We need to keep up that pressure: online, on the phone, and in-person. We need congressional leaders to know that this tax scam isn't good for the middle class, and no amount of spin will change that.

Contributions or gifts to Organizing for Action are not tax deductible.

This email was sent to: xxx.
If that is not your preferred email address, you can update your information here. We believe that emails are a vital way to stay in direct contact with supporters. Click here if you'd like to unsubscribe from these messages.Paid for by Organizing for Action, P.O. Box 618120 Chicago, IL 60661